. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May, 1908. American Vee Journal should be published. Owing to this fact, that I was retained by the National Bee- Keepers' Association to clean up the Chi- cago market and stop the fraudulent sale of honey, I have been in close touch with this market. Shortly after the time that I speak of, the Illinois Pure Food Com- mission went into business. Then we be- gan to make a collection of samples. We found at that time between 20 and 30 different kinds of bogus honey on the market. We arrested one man. He was discharged by the Justice because he swore he
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May, 1908. American Vee Journal should be published. Owing to this fact, that I was retained by the National Bee- Keepers' Association to clean up the Chi- cago market and stop the fraudulent sale of honey, I have been in close touch with this market. Shortly after the time that I speak of, the Illinois Pure Food Com- mission went into business. Then we be- gan to make a collection of samples. We found at that time between 20 and 30 different kinds of bogus honey on the market. We arrested one man. He was discharged by the Justice because he swore he didn't know it was impure. Since the organization of the National Pure Food Commission the conditions have been better. For the last $ years the Chicago market has been practically bare of anything but pure honey. Those facts should go forth to the public. (Continued next month) (Sbitortal Ticks '^, (Eommcnts i Continued from pasje 135, Mr. Titofi—Russian Apiarian Expert Abraham E. Titoff, a young Russian, came to the United States about 5 years ago to learn bee-keeping. He worked for some time with the A. I. Root Co., and later went to California, where he reared queens. Recently he passed through Chicago on his way back to Russia, where his title will be, "Expert in Apiculture, in the Russian Depart- ment of Agriculture, in Charge of Api- culture, in Province of ; Mr. Titoff has learned to speak the English language quite fluently during his 5 j-ears' residence in America, and returns to his far-away Russian home imbued with the spirit of progressive apiculture that abounds in the United States. We wish him every success, and hope that in the years to come the old American Bee Journal may frequently be favored w'ith something from his pen about apiarian conditions and prospects in Russia. Please Patronize Our Advertisers There are very few .papers that could be published very long w'ere it not for the advertising patronage extended to them. And in order that
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